A Synthetic Indicator of Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals 2, 3 and 4 in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia
| Autor: | José Antonio Rodríguez Martín, Juan de Dios Jiménez Aguilera, José M. Martín |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economic growth
Index (economics) Poverty Inequality media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Scopus Millennium Development Goals Variable (computer science) Political science 0502 economics and business Development economics 050207 economics Life-span and Life-course Studies 050203 business & management Quality of Life Research media_common Least Developed Countries |
| Zdroj: | Applied Research in Quality of Life. 13:1-19 |
| ISSN: | 1871-2576 1871-2584 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11482-017-9503-1 |
| Popis: | The aim of this article is to measure progress towards the United Nations’ (UN’s) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2, 3 and 4 in Asia’s least developed countries (LDCs) by studying a group of countries that suffer particularly intensely from poverty. To achieve this goal, we use Pena’s distance method (DP2) to compose a synthetic indicator of the variables of MDG levels for MDGs 2, 3 and 4 in Asia’s LDCs through territorial classification of the DP2 for 2013, the last year for which data are available. The index also permits study of the impact of each variable individually to determine countries’ disparities in the variables associated with three of the MDGs. This analysis is particularly useful for the post-2015 agenda in a scenario such as Asia’s LDCs, which are beset by profound social and economic inequalities. |
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